CSR Report Communication on Progress / 2018 1 CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 1 Content Statement from CEO 3 Egmont at a Glance 5 CSR Highlights 6 How Egmont Works with CSR 8 People Egmont’s Workforce 12 Gender Balance 13 Supervisory Boards 14 Anti-corruption and Whistleblowing 16 Social Compliance Programme 17 Product Safety and Quality 24 Egmont UK - Case 26 Planet Nordisk Film Cinemas - Case 30 Environment and Climate 31 Profit Charitable Activities 2018 40 2 CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 Statement from CEO In Egmont we believe that responsible behaviour and sustainable business practices are essential for being a strong and trusted media group. Our social engagement dates back to 1878 when Egmont was established. It is part of the company DNA and we continuously strive to explore and refine our commitment to be a responsible company that acts with integrity wherever we operate. During 2018, Egmont has continued working towards setting standards of excellence to ensure that our DNA is reflected in the behaviour of our employees, business partners and suppliers across all divisions. We recognise that there is a growing demand for corporate responsibility and transparency and a heightened attention to environmental and social issues amongst the modern consumers and we believe that a prerequisite for maintaining our social license to operate is anchored in sustainable development and mitigation of potential negative impacts from our company operations. Egmont has been a signatory to the UN Global Compact since 2013 and we use it as a formal framework for our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and operations. The present report is the sixth of its kind. Egmont is fully committed to respect human rights and labour rights as set forth in the UN Guiding Principles, and our efforts are directed at both employees in Egmont and at our business partners and suppliers. This report includes Egmont’s mandatory CSR reporting in accordance with article 99a, and Egmont’s report on targets and policy with respect to the underrepresented gender in accordance with article 99b, of the Danish Financial Statements Act (Årsregnskabsloven). Steffen Kragh President & CEO of Egmont CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 3 +30 countries 4 CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 Egmont at a Glance Egmont is a leading media group in the Nordics. It was founded in 1878 and is a commercial foundation. The strategy “Grow with the Modern Consumer” entails investments in digital growth and new tech-based businesses while applying technology to strong storytelling. The annual profit is invested in business development and in the charitable activities 1.6bn to support vulnerable children and young people as EUR revenue well as donations for film talents through Nordisk Film Fonden. Concurrently, Egmont is continuously evaluating the possibilities to improve and optimise sustainability within its commercial activities. Egmont Commercial activities Charitable activities Egmont Publishing Nordisk Film TV 2 Books Funding and Grant Administration CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 5 CSR Highlights The Sustainable Development Goals Egmont has identified goal 4, 8 and 12 as its focus areas. Each goal has been identified based on the potential negative impact and the best opportunities that the Egmont Group may have to positively impact the goal. 1158product safety inspections zero0 tolerance incidents Active Manufacturers by Country Risk Group Risk group 1 40% Risk group 3 40% Risk group 2 20% 6 CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 Egmont’s CO2 Emission by Category Energy consumption 40% Waste 2% Waste (return products) Paper consumption 0.3% 79% Goods transportation 3% At least 1 female board member by 2020* *Elected by the annual meeting 12.8m EUR for charitable activities 46% females in management CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 7 How Egmont Works with CSR Egmont has worked with CSR for more than 100 Goals for 2019 years. In the commercial activities, Egmont’s work • Launch of the Egmont Business with CSR was originally founded on compliance. The work is now guided by the key principles set Ethics Policy out in Egmont’s Code of Conduct (CoC) for all • Develop and launch training Egmont entities, suppliers and business partners. Egmont developed the responsible supply chain • All relevant employees trained by scheme “Egmont Social Compliance Programme” end of 2019 for suppliers and business partners in 2005 and committed to the UN Global Compact in 2013. The UN Global Compact principles and Egmont’s CoC are aligned and Egmont continues to sustain its commitment to each element of the UN Guiding Principles on an ongoing basis. The CoC in its full length can be found at Egmont.com. In 2018, Egmont further initiated a range of new CSR efforts as described in the following. The Egmont Business Ethics Policy In addition to Egmont’s CoC primarily targeted at suppliers and business partners, Egmont is soon launcing a new Business Ethics Policy (the “BE Policy”) for employees across the Egmont Group divisions. This BE Policy sets out the minimum standards and ethical principles that apply to all employees and it is tailormade to reflect the dilemmas and concerns that Egmont’s employees may face during their daily business. The BE Policy includes a wide range of topics such as anti-bribery, conflict of interests, fraud, human rights, work environment and environment as well as special topics applicable to a media group such as marketing law, anti-piracy, data protection and social media. All employees will be trained regularly in the BE Policy. This training will replace the current training on anti- bribery and corruption. 8 CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Egmont has identified goal 4, 8 and 12 as its focus Egmont will continue to work with the relevant areas. Each goal has been identified based on the divisions in order to identify potential waste potential negative impact and the best opportunities reduction projects with special focus on plastic. that the Egmont Group may have to positively impact the goal. The new initiatives will along with Egmont’s other CSR priorities shape the work with CSR for the Goal 4, in particular target 4.6 “universal literacy and coming years. numeracy”, has strings into most of the divisions, but primarily relates to Publishing and Books, especially the educational books. Furthermore, Egmont Fonden has for its charitable CSR Priorities 2019-2021 activities defined a strategic goal that by 2030 all • UN Global Compact young Danish people are able to complete an upper secondary education. • Egmont Social Compliance Programme Goal 8 is tied to Egmont’s responsible supply chain programme, which is – for the time being – closely • Environment – implementation of linked to Publishing and Books. Specifically target 8.7 policy & setting of KPI’s and 8.8 “end modern slavery, trafficking and child • In-depth work to support SDG 12 labour” and “protect labour rights and promote safe working environment” are the cornerstones of • Implementation of the new Egmont’s CoC and the Social Compliance Programme. Egmont Business Ethics Policy for employees and development of Recently, Egmont has started working with goal 12, primarily focusing on target 12.2 and 12.5 new training “Sustainable management and use of natural resources” and “Substantially reduce waste generation”. These targets have been identified as the biggest risks for negative impacts by Egmont’s current business conduct. In 2019, Egmont will work with the relevant divisions to identify potential mitigating actions in order to balance its environmental footprints within these areas. In 2018, Egmont joined a two-year project with the Confederation of Danish Industry on how to successfully push the SDG agenda. In 2019, CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 9 10 CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 People • Egmont’s Workforce • Gender Balance • Supervisory Boards • Anti-corruption and Whistleblowing • Social Compliance Programme • Product Safety and Quality • Egmont UK - Case CSR Report / Communication on Progress / 2018 11 Egmont’s Workforce Egmont cares about the well-being of its In addition to the leadership development, Egmont people – short and longterm. Egmont believes that expects its leaders to focus and take action on the a good life at work for its employees is realised engagement of people in their teams. Egmont through a combination of a meaningful job, a great therefore conducts engagement surveys twice a purpose, great co-operation with colleagues and year. Engagement is essential for short-term business opportunities to develop professionally. performance and customer satisfaction, and for the People are the most important asset in Egmont longer-term sustainability of the company. Egmont’s and it is one of Egmont’s strategic priorities to be engagement remains at a high level, both in terms people-driven. In an industry where the speed of of the participation rate in surveys (86%) and the change in technology and consumer behaviour is overall engagement level (7.6 on a 10-point scale), a precondition, Egmont needs to have the right according to the latest survey as of November 2018. competencies to stay relevant, and a culture where development and innovation is paramount. Thus, Egmont wants to strengthen the learning culture across divisions, to eliminate the risk of a Flexible Workforce workforce gradually losing its ability to stay relevant in respect to external demands. This is done through In 2018, Egmont has continued to adjust its a mix of professional skills development, acquisition workforce through a number of different of new competencies, and new ways of working. approaches: Recruitment of new skills, acquisition of new companies and restructuring of businesses that are under market pressure. As for new competencies, Egmont continues to increase the number of digitally Leadership Development native employees, either through talent acquisition and Employee Engagement or through investments in new companies.